“Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man's freedom.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Book Burning, May 10, 1933
The Nazi German Student Association's Main Office for Press and Propaganda made the nationwide-action against any "UN-German" books (Holocaust Memorial Museum). Many book burnings were held, but the book burning on May 10, 1933 was perhaps the most famous.
In 1933, the authorities for Germany began striving for synchronizing cultural and professional organizations with Nazi ideology (Holocaust Memorial Museum). In an effort to do this, Joseph Goebbels made an ally with the National Socialist German Students' Association. The association decided to have the book burnings held in Berlin and other German cities. Any book, they decided, that had UN-German ideas would be burned (The History Place).
In 1933, the authorities for Germany began striving for synchronizing cultural and professional organizations with Nazi ideology (Holocaust Memorial Museum). In an effort to do this, Joseph Goebbels made an ally with the National Socialist German Students' Association. The association decided to have the book burnings held in Berlin and other German cities. Any book, they decided, that had UN-German ideas would be burned (The History Place).
"1933 Nazi Book Burnings"
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Un-German Books" "Students of University Stage Deferred Celebration in Front of Schurman Hall"
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to Stir Berlin" "40,000 Watch Students Fire Volumes in a Drizzle, But Show Little Enthusiasm"
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"Nazis Pile Books
for Bonfires Today" "25,000 Volumes Gathered by Berlin Students - Other Cities Follow Suit"
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